Most of the new US tariffs on foreign imports have gone into effect. A short overview
Brazil 50%
Canada 35%
China 30%
Mexico 25%
European Union 15%
Syria 41%
Laos 40%
Myanmar (Burma) 40%
Switzerland 39%
Iraq 35%
Serbia 35%
Algeria 30%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 30%
Libya 30%South Africa 30% Libya, Syria, Laos, Myanmar poor countries have besides Brazil the highest tariffs...

🍉 Watermelon season has already begun in the main fountain at Moscow's GUM!

#InterestingPlacesMoscow

My latest article in Dutch, easily to be translated in any language:
Zullen nieuwe verkiezingen in Nederland in oktober enig verschil maken voor de bevolking?
https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/08/08/zullen-nieuwe-verkiezingen-in-nederland-in-oktober-enig-verschil-maken-voor-bevolking/
Ja, het is weer zover, weer nieuwe verkiezingen, Nederland loopt voorop in het uitschrijven van nieuwe verkiezingen, dat zegt wel iets over de situatie in het land, foto’s: EW, X, Hartpatienten Nederland, bewerking: Mirjam©Photo

Niet zolang geleden is er een nieuw kabinet aangetreden, 3 juli 2024, en in juni 2025 alweer gevallen (nog geen jaar uitgehouden). Het Rutte V-kabinet ,was een staatsgreep van Rutte vanwege zijn NAVO-positie (nu is hij secretaris-generaal). Rutte V viel al juni dit jaar (zogenaamd over de asielzoekers kwestie), met Dick Schoof als zwakke premier (ex hoofd NCTV en AIVD), premier omdat Wilders van Mark geen premier mocht worden.

Het zou dus om de asielzoekerskwestie gaan. Volgens Wilders zijn het er te veel, en hij had gelijk. Ze maken het land economisch kapot en de criminaliteit neemt met de dag toe. Maar Wilders zelf, een racist pur sang, of beter gezegd, een troef van de Mossad en de Israëlische crimineel Netanyahu, die in eigen land van corruptie wordt verdacht, trok uiteindelijk de stekker eruit. Of misschien was het op aandringen van Mark Rutte, wie weet? In Nederland bestaan er immers nog steeds een geheim het “het torentje overleg“.
Lees meer: https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/08/08/zullen-nieuwe-verkiezingen-in-nederland-in-oktober-enig-verschil-maken-voor-bevolking/

Massive pro-Hezbollah protests continue in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon. The government (at the behest of the US) wants Hezbollah to disarm. This isn't going to happen. In other countries where this has happened, the US has taken over the governments. Consider the so-called recent peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Now the US has a foothold, just like in Syria, etc., under the guise of peace. Even though Beirut has the largest US embassy in almost the entire world (ships can enter, as I've seen), Hezbollah and southern Lebanon will not be given up easily, as has happened in other countries.

For years, the US has been trying to expedite the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro. Now, the US government has increased the reward once again—to $50 million. The US accuses him of violating US drug laws, according to a press release from the US State Department. The coup from Trump failed in 2020 (operation Gideon) but he will try again, the US desperately needs money...they have huge debt and Venezuela has the oil...https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/5/6/trump-denies-ties-to-americans-linked-to-venezuela-coup-plot

My latest article on Strategic Culture:
Britain’s war agenda backfires: Starmer’s leadership in crisis
Sonja van den Ende
The multipolar world has become a reality — and for former colonial powers like Britain, this transition proves particularly painful.
Keir Starmer has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He is no longer popular with the British public, or perhaps he was never truly popular to begin with, as few Britons knew him well before he took office. Like his European counterparts — prime ministers and presidents — he has been radicalized by the “Russia agenda” and wants to wage war against what they consider the greatest threat to so-called “freedom and democracy” in the West: Russia. This stance has clearly angered the British people
Read more: https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/08/09/britains-war-agenda-backfires-starmers-leadership-in-crisis/

😍 In Russia, bears never mind resting by the river, far from the human hustle and bustle.

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Tensions in Kaliningrad
Russian Defence Minister Belousov inspected the Baltic Fleet's military and social infrastructure in Kaliningrad region to ensure military security in the region. Kaliningrad shares borders with Lithuania to the north and east, and Poland to the south. The Baltic Sea forms its western border. It's geographically separated from the main part of Russia, meaning land access requires traversing through either Lithuania or Poland.
Tensions are high in the Baltic Sea region, particularly around Kaliningrad, due to increased military activity, concerns about infrastructure security, and increased hostile activity from NATO. The Baltic Sea becoming a key area of strategic competition between NATO and Russia.

Since last Friday, EU member states have been required to fully implement the rules of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).
This law sets the framework for what member states are permitted to do regarding media outlets and to individual journalists. EU Journalists like me and others operating and working in Russia/Donbass are the new target of the EU so-called "democratic-freedom-for-journalist-act".
A council of European regulators has been established to monitor compliance (at European level). The Dutch Media Authority (Commissariat voor de Media) is a member, and chair Amma Assante (formerly of the Labour Party, now BIJ1) has been appointed vice-chair.
https://www.ninefornews.nl/nieuwe-mediawet-van-kracht-in-eu-de-overheid-mag-nu-alles-een-zwarte-dag-voor-de-democratie/

🌃 Nighttime St. Petersburg

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Israel assassinates entire Al Jazeera crew ahead of Gaza City occupation

Anas al-Sharif, accused by Tel Aviv of being a Hamas operative, was killed alongside five of his colleagues in a strike on their tent in Gaza City

Syrian government forces have carried out a massacre at a hospital in Suweida on July 16 2025. Governments around the world and media is not paying attention and the majority is silent, because the all acknowledge a terrorist government to do business with, yes governments are doing business with terrorist, it makes them complicit. Now evidence came out seeing so-called Government of the Terrorist Al-Julani shooting medical staff at the Suweida hospital. The so-called government forces wear ISIS (DAESH) patches at their sleeves and shirts.

Joe Wilson Republican senator. A member of the Republican Party, his district stretches from Columbia to the Georgia–South Carolina border.
Wrote on X:
@RepJoeWilson
President Trump’s policy in Syria is a strategic master stroke.
A UNIFIED STABLE Syria 🇸🇾 means boxing out Iran and ISIS and, working with NATO ally Türkiye, eventually expelling War Criminal Putin bases.
A divided destabilized Syria means Libya/Somalia like anarchy in the heart of the Middle East which will eventually bring back ISIS 2.0, Iran and empower Russia.
There are no perfect options or perfect governments but the choice is clear— united stable Syria is in interests of ALL in the region.
We cannot lose this opportunity.